Nursing-bottle



UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

NURSING-BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 580,768, dated April13, 189'?.

Application led January 2, 1 8 9 7 To all whom, t may concern:

Beit known that I, CHARLES SHIRLEY CAR- TER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Warrenton, in the county of Fauquier and State ofVirginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in NursingDevices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements innursing-bottles for babies.

It has for its object to pro vide a bottle which with its contents maybe so arranged within easy reach of an infant that the infant whendesiring food may secure the same without the intervention Vof a nurseor other attendant, and so that there shall be no liability of waste oraccidental flow of the contents of the bottle or feed-reservoir.-

In the raising of infants who are sustained by the bottle it becomes asource of great inconvenience and labor to provide food at varyingintervals, especially at night, when rest and recuperation arenecessary, and so far as I am aware no nursing device has up to thepresent time been devised which can be filled and mechanically held insuch manner as to be readily accessible to the infant and at the sametime protected from waste and overflow of the contents when not in useby the infant.

In order that those skilled in the art to which my invention appertainsmay know how to make my improved nursing device and how to use the same,I will proceed t0 describe its construction and the manner of its use,referring by letters to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure lis aperspective view of my improvement, showing the manner in which it isheld in position within reach of an infant. Fig. 2 is a detaillongitudinal section, on enlarged scale, of the food-reservoir; and Fig.3 is a similar view showing a modification in the construction of thesame.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in the several figuresof the drawings.

A is a bottle or reservoir provided with a neck B, adapted to receive anordinary nursing-nipple C, and formed with a channel or Serial No.617,829. (No model.)

groove D at a predetermined locality to receive a suspending-cord E, sothat under the law of gravity the bottle and its contents will be heldnormallyin the position shown at Fig. l in order that an infant onawakening and desiring food can readily and naturally grasp the bottleand in placing the nipple in its mouth tilt the bottle upon theencircling suspending-cord, and so that when the hold upon the bottle isreleased it will resume its normal position and at the same time becapable of such movement as not to interfere with any restless movementof the infant and yet protect it from overflow.

In lieu of the circumferential groove to receive the suspending-cord thebottle may be formed with a handle or ring F, as shown at Fig. 3, but inboth cases the location of the groove or handle should be such as thatthe bottle will be held in substantially the position shown at Eig. l.

The groove D or ring F must be so located that when the suspending-cordE is secured thereto it will serve as a fulcrum upon which the bottlemay be tilted to permit its contents to iiow by gravity when the nippleis grasped by the lips of the infant and immediately return whenreleased from the lips to a position which will prevent the accidentalescape of its contents.

In the drawings I have omitted showing any device over which the cord ispassed to sustain the bottle in proper position, but it will beunderstood that any suitable device may be employed for that purpose,such, for instance, as a hook or pulley in the ceiling of the room orupon a frame or'cross-piece of any kind above the crib or bed in whichthe infant sleeps.

I am aware that it is not new to construct a nursing-bottle with a sidenipple and with a groove at the top to receive a cord or ribbon by whichthe bottle may be suspended from the neck of a child, but in thisconstruction the bottle is of necessity liable to get under the body ofthe child, and there is no protection against the accidental iiow of itscontents when not in use. I am also aware that it has been proposed toprovide an ordinary bottle with ribbon or cord by which it may besecured to the body of a child or to a crib or perambulator to protectit against being IOO What I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

A nursing-bottle provided with abreast and neck, and having an ordinarynipple secured to the neck, and formed with a groove or ring at apredetermined locality between the bottoni and breast and above thecenter adapted to receive a suspension-cord which shall act as a fulorumor pivot upon which the bott-le may be tilted and restored to its normalposition, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

C. SHIRLEY CARTER. Witnesses Tiros. E. FRANK, MARKHAM B. PAYNE.

